This Year's Dedication

There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as if everything is.

Albert Einstein

I wrote in a thank you card: I am dedicating 2009 and making it the Year of Thriving!

As a part of this, I am beginning the New Year by focusing on miracles. I am going to be reading A Course in Miracles while also asking myself: What are the miracles I would like to experience in 2009?

• I would love to have some success in my vocation this year.
• I will lose the weight I gained after I came down with vertigo.
• I want to find new circles of friends to add flavor to my life.
• I desire a deeper spiritual practice.
• My daily disciplines will include meditation, exercise, and making healthy choices for myself.

These are the big miracles. The smaller ones are here with me each and every day. The way I am greeted by my dogs in the morning. The I love you’s I receive from my family and friends. The miraculous turning point at which each exhale becomes an inhale.

It’s all here, in this moment, the miraculous and mundane. Such is life.